Mike Carew, P.C.
Overview
Mike Carew is a tax partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He focuses his practice on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, buyouts and private equity investing, with a special emphasis on cross-border and international transactions. He also advises clients on the tax aspects of securities issuances, recapitalizations, joint ventures, and debt and equity restructurings.
Mike has worked on numerous private equity and M&A transactions for clients including: Ares Management LLC, Bain Capital, CVC Capital Partners, Softbank Investment Advisors, Summit Partners, TDR Capital, GTCR, and Apax Partners.
Mike was listed as a leading lawyer for tax in the 2020–2023 editions of Chambers USA, and in the 2016–2024 editions of The Legal 500 U.S. Mike was also recognized in 2015 as a “Rising Star” by Law360 for Tax Law.
Mike serves as an adjunct professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he teaches “Tax Aspects of Private Equity Transactions.” Mike is also a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, where he teaches “Structuring Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Entrepreneurial Transactions.”
Experience
Representative Matters
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR), a multinational fast-food holding company comprised of Burger King, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Tim Hortons, in its $1.4 billion offering of second lien senior secured notes.
Huntsman Corporation in its $300 million acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialties.
Newfield Exploration Co. in its approximately $5.5 billion acquisition by Encana Corp. in an all-stock transaction.
Funds advised by Apax Partners on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Healthium MedTech Private Limited (‘Healthium’), a leading India-based medical devices company.
Huntsman Corporation in its proposed merger with Clariant with a combined enterprise value of approximately $20 billion.
Bain Capital in its $3.2 billion carve-out acquisition of Diversey Care from Sealed Air.
Bain Capital in its acquisition of Daymon Worldwide Inc.
GlobalLogic and Apax Partners in the sale of a significant minority interest to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
CITIC Limited, CITIC Capital and The Carlyle Group in the formation of a strategic partnership with McDonald’s Corporation.
Bain Capital in its acquisition of MSX International (MSXI).
Micro Focus International plc in its $8.8 billion “Reverse Morris Trust” acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company’s software business.
Alberta Investment Management Corporation in its $500 million preferred equity investment in Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC.
Baxalta Incorporated in its $32 billion merger with Shire plc.
Molson Coors Brewing Company in its $12 billion acquisition of SABMiller plc’s interest in MillerCoors joint venture.
Baxter International Inc. in the tax-free spin-off of its biopharmaceutical business, Baxalta Inc.
Burger King in its $11.4 billion acquisition of Tim Hortons Inc.
Bain Capital on its $1.3 billion acquisition of Atento from Telefonica.
Bain Capital on its acquisition of Intermédica Group, an integrated health care company offering medical services and health insurance in Brazil.
Bain Capital on its acquisition of Maisons du Monde, part financed via the offering of €325 million senior secured notes due 2020.
Bain Capital in its partial disposition of its investment in Hero Motors.
Bain Capital on its acquisition of FTE Automotive from PAI Partners.
Bain Capital on its £230 million acquisition of Plasma Resources UK Ltd. from the UK Department of Health.
Bain Capital on the acquisition of the EWOS fish feed business from Cermaq (primarily Norway, Chile, UK and Vietnam).
Bain Capital on its HK$3.24 billion investment in GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited, China's largest retail enterprise.
Bain Capital in its acquisition of ASMICO Technologies Limited, the largest independent producer of diesel engine components in China, from Key Principal Partners.
Sankaty Advisors in connection with its acquisition of GE Capital's Commercial Lending and Leasing portfolios in Australia and New Zealand.
Sankaty Advisors in its acquisition of a substantial loan portfolio from Lloyds Banking Group.
Sankaty Advisors in its acquisition of the business and assets comprising the J.P. Morgan Global Special Opportunities Group. The portfolio consisted of more than 70 separate positions/investments and contained predominantly mezzanine/junior loans and related equity investments in North America and Europe, as well as loans and related special situations investments in Australia and across Asia, with an aggregate value of approximately $1.3 billion.
Blackstone in its $750 million equity investment in Kronos Incorporated.
Apax Partners and ODSA Topco, a company backed by Apax Partners, in the acquisition of GlobalLogic.
GTCR on its acquisition of Premium Credit Limited from MBNA Europe, asset value $1.45 billion.
GTCR in its acquisition of Callcredit Information Group Limited, a leading provider of consumer credit data solutions and software and analytics services in the United Kingdom.
The special committee of the board of directors of AutoNavi Holdings Limited, a provider of digital map content in China, in its sale to its largest shareholder, Alibaba Group Holding Limited, the largest e-commerce company in China for approximately $1.5 billion.
Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co. Ltd., a state-owned enterprise under the direct administration of the Pudong New Area government of Shanghai, in its acquisition of Montage Technology Group Limited at approximately $693 million.
Summit Partners and TA Associates Inc. on the acquisition of a majority interest in German online game developer Bigpoint GmbH for approximately $350 million.
Silver Lake in its investment in Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings Limited, a Shanghai-based provider of energy efficiency technologies and China’s leading developer of geothermal technology to power heating, cooling and hot water supply systems in buildings.
Baxter International Inc. on its acquisition of Gambro AG, a kidney dialysis product company based in Sweden for approximately $4 billion.
Molson Coors Brewing Company on its acquisition of StarBev LP., a central and eastern European beer manufacturer for approximately $3.54 billion.
Securitas Direct on its €871.5 million high-yield note offering and €50.0 million term loan.
Citigroup and Barclays on the $130 million offering of senior secured notes by an affiliate of Swissport International Ltd.
The Carlyle Group and Integrated Dental Holdings in a £400 Million high yield notes offering.
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Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2004Illinois
Education
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.cum laude2004
- University of RochesterB.S., Computer Science; B.A., Mathematicsmagna cum laude2000Phi Beta Kappa